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Dr. Shailesh Puntambekar is a pioneering Indian surgeon whose work has fundamentally advanced the application of robotic and minimal-access surgery in complex oncological procedures. His primary research areas encompass robotic esophagectomy, pelvic exenteration, and colorectal cancer surgery. Dr. Puntambekar is best known for his groundbreaking work on robotic transthoracic esophagectomy, where he demonstrated the feasibility and safety of performing this procedure with patients in the prone position, a technique detailed in his highly cited 2011 paper (62 citations). He has also been instrumental in expanding the role of robotics for ultra-radical surgeries, such as robotic anterior and total pelvic exenteration for advanced pelvic cancers. His recent work includes evaluating next-generation surgical robots, such as the Cambridge Medical Robotics Versius system, for colorectal resections and transthoracic esophagectomy, with a notable 2022 study (11 citations) reporting the first-in-human series for the latter. With a career spanning over a decade of published outcomes, Dr. Puntambekar’s cumulative impact—evidenced by citations across multiple high-complexity procedures—has helped establish robotic surgery as a viable, less invasive option for patients with advanced thoracic and pelvic malignancies, particularly in the Indian healthcare context.